Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 321: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Link […]
Month: November 2013
Happy Thanksgiving :: Doug Sahm And Friends – Austin, TX 1972
Tradition runs rampant around Thanksgiving: generations of old recipes, football, Alice’s Restaurant , The Last Waltz, and, of course, a parade of balloons shutting down NYC. What else do you need? If you thought you were covered […]
Peter Walker :: Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?
Peter Walker has lived a remarkable life. The 76-year-old guitarist was a contemporary of Sandy Bull, Fred Neil, Karen Dalton, and Lowell George; a musical director for Timothy Leary’s famed “Celebrations;” a student of Ravi Shankar and […]
Josh Tillman :: The History Of Caves (Film Score)
I don’t fool with Black Friday anything…but if you do, Josh Tillman’s score for the short film The History of Caves is out later this week, via Sub Pop, on vinyl (limited run of 2k copies). A digital version […]
Richard Swift & Damien Jurado :: Other People’s Songs Vol. 1
(Re-posting the following from 2010, as Damien Jurado and Richard Swift’s next collaboration, Jurado’s lp Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son , is out early next year.) Damien Jurado and Richard Swift – Other People’s Songs Vol. 1: A free digital download featuring the pair covering […]
These Trails :: Garden Botanum
It’s been 40 years since These Trails was privately pressed in Hawaii, and two years since Drag City reissued the previously forgotten LP. A lush tapestry of native Hawaiian folk and kaleidoscopic, synthesizer-laden psych, These Trails […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. You can download Broadcast’s Black Session, that we aired during […]
Bill Callahan :: Tiny Desk Concert
Some friends and I drove out to the desert last week to see Bill Callahan, who is presently touring behind his latest LP, Dream River – yet another outstanding work, from a near peerless artist. As […]
Lou Reed :: WPIX Radio (NYC) – 1979
When Lou Reed penned the classic “Rock and Roll” he paid tribute not only to rock and roll music, but also to the transformative powers of rock and roll radio. Radio was a lifelong preoccupation for Reed, […]
Sevens :: Tim Hecker – Live Room
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) “Live Room” sits like an elephant on the hardy chest that is Virgins, Tim Hecker’s latest and perhaps most breathtaking […]
AD Presents :: Jacco Gardner – Berlin, Germany / November 26th
We’re in Berlin for six months. Next up — AD presents Jacco Gardner, November 26th, at Privatclub . Zulu Pearls supports. We’re giving away a few pairs of tickets to AD readers. To enter, leave a comment below […]
Michael Martin Murphey :: The Lights Of The City
Speaking of Vernon Wray , I shared a number of the tracks from the lost Band Not Band compilation (see also: Goose Creek Symphony ) back in January, via Sidecar: Transmission Eleven – but not all. If you’re new around here, the homemade comp was […]
Mike Fiems :: I Would Dream (1974)
Wanting to “mellow” out in the early ’70s, Link Wray’s elder brother Vernon moved to Tucson, Arizona. There, he reassembled the infamous Wray brothers’ Three Track Shack, rechristening it his “Record Factory.” There, he recorded […]
Damien Jurado :: Silver Timothy
This made the rounds earlier today: “Silver Timothy” – the first taste from the forthcoming Damien Jurado LP, Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son , out next year via Secretly Canadian. Once again, Richard Swift produces. Damien Jurado :: Silver Timothy
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Porcelain Raft
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Porcelain Raft is Mauro Remiddi. Based in New York, the Italian ex-pat […]